{"id":34893,"date":"2020-09-15T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34893"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:44:59","slug":"maximo-park-share-new-track-child-of-the-flatlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34893","title":{"rendered":"Max\u00efmo Park share \u2018Child Of The Flatlands\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Max\u00efmo Park have shared their first new music in nearly four years. New track <em>Child of The Flatlands<\/em> is accompanied by a visual art&nbsp;piece&nbsp;from experimental designer and&nbsp;video artist &#8211; and recent&nbsp;Daniel Avery collaborator &#8211;&nbsp;Greg Hodgson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Child Of The Flatlands<\/em> is a psychological and geographical rumination on the push-and-pull between our urban surrounds and the persistent grip of nature.&nbsp;With Paul Smith as no stranger to the art of conjuring vivid imagery with his words, the song offers a longing look at the locations that hold such great meaning in youth, and how they inform identity, going on to grieve&nbsp;their gradual loss through the passage of time. Hodgson\u2019s warping and kaleidoscopic VHS eye&nbsp;casts Teesside as a smudged memory, or half-forgotten dream-like state, in an echo of where the band takes the song. Watch the <em>Child Of The Flatlands<\/em> video clip via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7B2Yoju18E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Smith comments: <em>&#8220;Child Of The Flatlands is an affectionate look at both the psychic and physical edgelands of the town where I grew up, punctuated by snapshots of modern Britain as viewed from a distant hillside. It&#8217;s about the inevitability of nature (in all senses of the word) over the order we try to impose on it. The quiet, melancholy choruses lament the loss of community spaces for marginalised people, and the overall pace is meant to evoke a long walk, collaging found sound, strings and insistent piano to create a mildly psychedelic&nbsp;pop odyssey.&nbsp;<br><br>We commissioned Greg Hodgson to reflect the distorted blur of youth through his VHS lens, and to create a dreamlike vision of Teesside that reflects&nbsp;the episodic nature of the music. Hopefully viewers will recognise something of their own youth, playing in places where nature encroaches upon the urban landscape.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also listen to <em>Child Of The Flatlands <\/em>via DSPs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-alrtdty-ejlihlkhu-t\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Max\u00efmo Park have shared their first new music in nearly four years. 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